Patricia Kaminski

Patricia L. Kaminski, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology's Counseling Program at the University of North Texas. She is a scientist-practitioner with specialized training in developmental psychology who has worked with clients and research participants ranging in age from 1 to 101 years. Dr. Kaminski earned her AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and her MS and PhD degrees in Psychology from Colorado State University, specializing in Counseling Psychology....See more

Patricia L. Kaminski, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology's Counseling Program at the University of North Texas. She is a scientist-practitioner with specialized training in developmental psychology who has worked with clients and research participants ranging in age from 1 to 101 years. Dr. Kaminski earned her AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and her MS and PhD degrees in Psychology from Colorado State University, specializing in Counseling Psychology. She also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry where she co-developed the Parent-Child Interaction Assessment (PCIA), a standardized procedure to observe dyadic interaction across contexts. Dr. Kaminski continued this work by devising scoring systems for the PCIA and PCIA-II to quantify and study relationship quality among caregivers and their children. Her research and clinical interests in caregiver-child relationships have resulted in over 50 professional papers, book chapters, and presentations, most with an emphasis on factors that may hinder or facilitate effective parenting and child adjustment. Her work has appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as "The Gerontologist, Marriage and Family Review", and "The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic". Dr. Kaminski also serves on the Oxford University Press Advisory Panel for Counseling Psychology and is an editorial consultant for numerous peer-reviewed journals. In addition to her roles as researcher and teacher, Dr. Kaminski is clinically active as a practicum supervisor and pro bono counselor at UNT's Psychology Clinic. She is one of the few scientist-practitioners to study the contextual factors and relationship dynamics of custodial grandparents and grandchildren and apply her clinical expertise to understand the specific needs of grandfamilies. See less

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